London Riots

Police Arrest 6 For Starting Riots

AP | Posted 06.01.2012

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Associated Press LONDON -- British police say six people have been arrested on suspicion of instigating the riots that swept London last summer. ...

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Investigating Kenya: What's In A Name?

Seth Engel | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Human Rights, Kenya, William Schabas, Myanmar, Africa, International Justice, Callixte Mbarushimana, Impunity, London Riots, Syria, International Criminal Court, World News

Let's hope that the next cases brought in the ICC are winners with real "organizational policies" committing the most serious of crimes.

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At Davos Summit, Income Inequality Is A Major Concern

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.25.2012

High in the Swiss Alps, the global wealth gap is being identified as a source of misery and unrest. Participants in the annual World Economic Forum...

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Unemployment Is The World's Fastest-Rising Concern: Study

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.12.2011

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Worried about making ends meet? You're not alone. Unemployment is the fastest-rising concern around the globe, suggesting the softening global job ...

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Income Inequality Rising In Most Wealthy Countries: Study

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.05.2011

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Scales continue to tip in the rich's favor the world around. Income inequality -- the gap between a society's richest members and its poorest -- i...

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Report: Police Response Fueled London Riots

AP | CASSANDRA VINOGRAD | Posted 01.28.2012

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LONDON — A weak police response allowed rioting to spread across Britain last summer, an independent panel concluded Monday. The Riots Communit...

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London Theater Reenacts England's Riots

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 01.24.2012

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LONDON — It sounds like a tough sell for an evening out: Come relive the London riots. But that is the offer currently packing audiences into L...

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Official Figures Show Few UK Rioters Were Gang Members

AP | Posted 12.24.2011

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LONDON — After riots swept through Britain in August, some officials blamed the looting and violence on gangs. But official data released Monday...

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The Forecast: Winter of Discontent, Chance of an American Spring

William S. Becker | Posted 11.20.2011

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Several factors that triggered the Arab Spring are present in the United States today, including crony capitalism, political corruption, poverty and the unmet aspirations of the young.

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Pope Explains Cause Of British Riots

Posted 11.09.2011

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By Francis X. Rocca c. 2011 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI linked last month's riots in England to the corrosive effec...

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Hip Hop and Global Unrest

Sujatha Fernandes | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Libya Protests, Power of Hip Hop, Libya, Hip Hop, London Riots 2011, Police Brutality, London Riots, Libya Hip Hop, Hip-Hop Libya, Libya Rap, Libya Rap Music, Black Voices News

Four decades after its birth in the Bronx, rap music has become the soundtrack to the social unrest sweeping the globe from Tunisia to Libya and London.

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Majority Of London Rioters Had Criminal Records

AP | Posted 11.06.2011

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LONDON — Three-quarters of those arrested in Britain's riots last month had criminal records, London's mayor said Tuesday, blaming the U.K.'s cr...

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Fashion's Response to the London Riots

Ben Arogundade | Posted 10.30.2011

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As a resident of the area, I am always struck by the way the boarded up fashion stores take on the appearance of failed businesses. Notting Hill looks like the opposite of what it is -- a post-apocalyptic village in terminal decline.

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PHOTOS: Notting Hill Carnival Kicks Off In Spectacular Style

Posted 10.29.2011

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The second day of the Notting Hill Carnival kicked off in spectacular style Monday, despite a visible increase in police presence following London's v...

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Suspect Arrested In UK Riots Police Murder

AP | Posted 10.28.2011

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LONDON — British police on Sunday charged a man suspected of participating in a hit-and-run attack that seriously injured two police officers du...

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Facebook, Twitter Meet With U.K. Government For Riot Talks

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 10.25.2011

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LONDON — More than two weeks after riots, Britain's government and police met social media executives Thursday to discuss how to prevent their s...

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The English Riots: Just Meaningless Sound and Fury?

Thomas Ferguson | Posted 10.24.2011

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Slavoj Zizek is right about one important fact: Repetition is a basic feature of social history. Unfortunately, it's not, as St. Augustine thought, the mother of learning.

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Changing Communication, Changing World

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 10.22.2011

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Crowds, linked by clouds, are wielding new mobile devices to communicate different types of information across different types of network. The commercial implications are transformative. The political ramifications are revolutionary.

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After the British Riots: What Comes Next?

Erik Bleich | Posted 10.22.2011

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The recent events in England allow us the opportunity to make social scientific lemonade out of British lemons. Cameron's government should not only crack down on protesters, but also unearth funds to implement jobs programs for at-risk youth.

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After the Riots, "Broken" Britain Grows Still More Fractured

Michelle Chen | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Birmingham, UK Parliament, Britain, Youth, David Cameron, Tottenham Riot, Violence, Race, London, London Riots, Austerity, World News

You won't find the most troubling "moral breakdown" in London among its youth. It reveals itself in every humiliating police search, every shuttered youth club, every corruption scandal ingrained in a political structure that walls off ordinary people.

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Blair: UK Riots Caused By 'Disaffected' Youth

AP | By JILL LAWLESS | Posted 10.21.2011

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LONDON -- Former Prime Minister Tony Blair on Sunday rejected the British government's claim that this month's riots were caused by the country's mora...

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From "Too Big to Fail" Banks to "Too Big to Default" Nations to What's Next?

Lydia Fisher | Posted 10.19.2011

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We've had financial bubbles before. This one's got a twist though. It's fraught with complexity, scope, depth, widespread fraud and bad underwriting practices making coming out of it, all the more difficult.

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The Full Picture Of Sentences Handed Down To Rioters

The Guardian | Alan Travis, Simon Rogers | Posted 10.19.2011

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The courts are handing down prison sentences to convicted rioters that are on average 25% longer than normal, according to an exclusive Guardian analy...

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Shoplifters Of The World Unite

London Review Of Books | Slavoj Zizek | Posted 10.19.2011

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Repetition, according to Hegel, plays a crucial role in history: when something happens just once, it may be dismissed as an accident, something that ...

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Decline and Fall of British Values

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 10.18.2011

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Who is a responsible for the moral rot in Britain? The police are blaming the youth for being hooligans, as if young people are supposed to learn values on their own. The politicians are blaming a culture of selfishness, egged on by Wall Street.

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